Man arrested in connection to Little Havana birthday triple shooting, Miami Police say
A man has been arrested for his involvement in a shooting at a Little Havana birthday party that left three people, including a 75-year-old woman, wounded early Friday morning.
On Saturday afternoon, the City of Miami Police announced that they had arrested 38-year-old Angelo Garcia in connection with the shooting and provided additional details about what led up to the incident.
SWAT teams made their presence known early Saturday morning as they took Garcia into custody after they found him at a hotel in West Miami-Dade. Miami Police, along with the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office and the U.S. Marshals, worked together to apprehend him.
At this time, it is unclear what charges Garcia may face, but police did share with CBS News Miami that he has five felony convictions on his record.
A birthday party that ended in gunfire
Around 1:06 a.m., Miami Police responded to a home near 900 SW 12th Ave. after receiving reports of several people shot. Upon arrival, officers found a 26-year-old man, a 53-year-old man and a 75-year-old woman suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
City of Miami Fire Rescue took all three victims to the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital, where the woman and older man are in serious but stable condition, while the younger man remained in serious condition.
Neighbors told CBS News Miami that they were startled awake by the sounds of gunfire, believing it first to be fireworks before realizing what had happened near their homes.
"Nothing like this has happened here before," neighbor Alfredo Cruz told CBS News Miami in Spanish. "It's a good area. There's always police here."
A dispute from last week led to violence
According to police, Garcia and the victims are neighbors who had a dispute about a week before the shooting. Officials have yet to identify the victims.
Then, early Friday morning, during a birthday celebration, Garcia allegedly confronted the victims in their front yard and fired several shots, injuring all three, before running away from the scene.
On Friday afternoon, Miami Police brought a SWAT team to the home next to where the shooting happened in an attempt to serve a search warrant, presumably to find Garcia. However, he was not there at the time of the SWAT investigation, police said.
 
                  






